Businesses with secret hours of operation

[Max Rockatansky]

This is the case with In'n'Out Burger opening secretly at 10 AM instead of the advertised 10:30 AM.  Les Schwab Tire allows you to check in at 7:30 AM at some locations unadvertised despite their garage bays opening at 8 AM. 

[hotdogPi]

The place I go to play Magic: the Gathering (they advertise themselves as a computer repair shop) keeps changing their official hours, but currently, they say they close at 7 on Fridays. It used to be 5 PM. As anyone familiar with Magic knows, this cannot be the case. Friday Night Magic runs past that.

They also claim a closing time of 3 PM on Saturdays; the actual closing time is typically half an hour to an hour and a half later, but it depends on how long the games last.

[Scott5114]

The place I go to play Magic: the Gathering (they advertise themselves as a computer repair shop) keeps changing their official hours, but currently, they say they close at 7 on Fridays. It used to be 5 PM. As anyone familiar with Magic knows, this cannot be the case. Friday Night Magic runs past that.

They also claim a closing time of 3 PM on Saturdays; the actual closing time is typically half an hour to an hour and a half later, but it depends on how long the games last.

I used to be friends with some guys that ran a game store here in Norman. I'd think that closing at 3 PM on a Saturday or 5 PM on a Friday would be an awful business decision–the store that they ran usually didn't even have their first customer of the day until 3 PM. It was usually busiest from 6 PM to 9 PM or so because people would get off work and decide to spend their evening at the store. Their hours were something like 1 PM to midnight, if I remember correctly.

[hotdogPi]

The place I go to play Magic: the Gathering (they advertise themselves as a computer repair shop) keeps changing their official hours, but currently, they say they close at 7 on Fridays. It used to be 5 PM. As anyone familiar with Magic knows, this cannot be the case. Friday Night Magic runs past that.

They also claim a closing time of 3 PM on Saturdays; the actual closing time is typically half an hour to an hour and a half later, but it depends on how long the games last.

I used to be friends with some guys that ran a game store here in Norman. I'd think that closing at 3 PM on a Saturday or 5 PM on a Friday would be an awful business decision–the store that they ran usually didn't even have their first customer of the day until 3 PM. It was usually busiest from 6 PM to 9 PM or so because people would get off work and decide to spend their evening at the store. Their hours were something like 1 PM to midnight, if I remember correctly.

This is a place that advertises themselves as a computer repair shop. The people who play Magic here know that it doesn't follow posted hours.

They also only do Magic (and computer repair, obviously); it's not a variety of games.

[Scott5114]

That sounds it goes beyond merely secret hours of operation–it sounds like they have an entire secret business model.

[JayhawkCO]

None specifically to share with the thread, but I've been friends with enough bartenders/bar owners that they would lock the doors at closing time and let regulars stay and hang out.

[GCrites]

The place I go to play Magic: the Gathering (they advertise themselves as a computer repair shop) keeps changing their official hours, but currently, they say they close at 7 on Fridays. It used to be 5 PM. As anyone familiar with Magic knows, this cannot be the case. Friday Night Magic runs past that.

They also claim a closing time of 3 PM on Saturdays; the actual closing time is typically half an hour to an hour and a half later, but it depends on how long the games last.

I used to be friends with some guys that ran a game store here in Norman. I'd think that closing at 3 PM on a Saturday or 5 PM on a Friday would be an awful business decision–the store that they ran usually didn't even have their first customer of the day until 3 PM. It was usually busiest from 6 PM to 9 PM or so because people would get off work and decide to spend their evening at the store. Their hours were something like 1 PM to midnight, if I remember correctly.

This is a place that advertises themselves as a computer repair shop. The people who play Magic here know that it doesn't follow posted hours.

They also only do Magic (and computer repair, obviously); it's not a variety of games.

They probably don't want computer repair customers showing up at 1AM. I know of Magic stores that go until 3AM sometimes.

[ilpt4u]

None specifically to share with the thread, but I've been friends with enough bartenders/bar owners that they would lock the doors at closing time and let regulars stay and hang out.

Same. It is always a good time after closing